When Delusion
Speaks I'm not sure how one can legitimize
a theological maxim through an endorsement by
Geraldo Rivera, but my faith in the U.S. Armed Forces dropped
dramatically when they called upon this Citadel of
Enlightenment to do so.
This Fox News [long pause]
clip shows Geraldo (embedded with the troops in Afghanistan on
a fine Easter Sunday) introducing Pastor of Delusion, Terry
Bewley. Watch Rivera lead the witness to the fallacy of
there being "no atheists in the foxholes."
Could this set up
be any more obvious and contrived?
Geraldo: "They used to say in previous wars, there are
[sic] no such thing as an atheist in the foxhole. Is
this true?"
Bewley: "Yes, it's true, very
true."
That's it folks.
That's what Fox News set out to establish with this
piece. And they got right down to it too. Didn't
waste but a few seconds either. Call me crazy, but you'd
think there might be something else of greater importance and
interest to discuss on a fucking NEWS show. Like Ann
Coulter and Laura Ingram
wearing a crucifix each and every time they appear on the
network, this is part of the Fox News anti-atheist
agenda.
But see, this is how
Christian logic works. If an authority figure (like a
red, white, and blue, flag-wavin' god-fearin' right-leanin'
A'murican military chaplain) says something with
certainty and confidence, then it must be true
-- at least to simple, gullible, fearful minds.
Apparently Pastor McCreepy knows the mindset of EVERY military
personnel around the world, past and present. He
spoke quite plainly. He was absolute, resolute, and he
gave no disclaimers.
People like Bewley are too
mind-numbingly stupid to realize that this is not only
a demonstrably false postulation, but that it only
serves to make him look like a damn fool by making
such bold, sweeping statements about an enormous population of
military personnel around the world, virtually all unknown to
him. It is clear that Bewley was NOT speaking
figuratively, and as such his is an egregious
claim of absolute knowledge.
My dear Chaplain
Bewley, please stop speaking for everyone
else, or at least stop deluding yourself. The
fact is, you are wrong. Very wrong.
Very.
Your path to intellectual
honesty may be found by reading this and this.
But all that
notwithstanding, what these people don't see, and it beggars
belief that they can't, is that the statement alone actually
weakens the validity of god-belief as well as the emotional
stability of those who believe. The statement itself
proves that weak, fearful people cling to god when the shit
hits the fan. I dunno, but to me that's not a glowing
endorsement of faith but rather a concrete demonstration of
the crutch that faith provides.
